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rectosigmoidal

rectosigmoidal is the alternative form of rectosigmoid.

Meaning of rectosigmoid

Adjective

rectosigmoid (not comparable)

  1. Of the rectum and the sigmoid colon; especially, of the junction between them.
    • Lenox Hill finds “considerable stool material in the descending colon as well as the rectosigmoid region.” My doctor diagnoses a combination of slow transit and outlet constipation.2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times

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Questions about rectosigmoidal

What is rectosigmoidal the alternative form of?
Rectosigmoidal is the alternative form of rectosigmoid.

Words near rectosigmoidal in the dictionary

  1. rectoscope
  2. rectoscopes
  3. rectoscopies
  4. rectoscopy
  5. rectosigmoid
  6. rectosigmoidal
  7. rectosigmoidectomy
  8. rectosigmoiditis
  9. rectosigmoidoscopies
  10. rectosigmoidoscopy
  11. rectosigmoids

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